Lineup: ----------------Dudek Finnan ----H-----------H-------Riise Diouf ----Gerrard-----Harry----Smicer -----------Owen----Heskey Luzi Le Tellec Biscan Pongolle d-jimmy Not a lot of choices, I think Igor has done well but Henchoz "hands" may be necessary for this match. I'm away and there doesn't seem to be any way for me to find a FSW outlet at 7:30 am in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. Go Reds, YNWA!
A big test for us. LB's lineup is on target, I think. A preview of the match here: http://www.4thegame.com/redir/_36dc...6f58382292b82/previews/form137666/lfcafc.html Don't know what it is, but this will be the third LFC-Arsenal match in a row that I won't be able to see live, due to travel. Why family and friends insist on scheduling their major events in direct conflict with the important things in life, I'll never figure out . . . ----
Found this on planetfootball: "Premiership leaders Arsenal will be without influential skipper Patrick Vieira, midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg and forward Dennis Bergkamp for their trip to Anfield to face Liverpool on Saturday." Vieira, Ljungberg, and Bergkamp are injured. Sol Campbell is also a doubt after the death of his father. Looks like a golden opportunity for Liverpool to take three points and reaffirm their title credentials.
I don't think missing those players will hurt Arsenal much. They could lose 7 starters and still take the points at Anfield.
Well, let's hope we can take advantage of Arsenal's woes. If we can't beat a depleted Arsenal side at home, then I'm afraid we don't deserve to compete for the Premiership title. And let us also hope that the Charlton match was a temporary dip and we haven't turned the corner onto the wrong street.
Seriously, if we can't beat a depleted Arsenal squad at home, then we're in trouble. Of course, if we do, everyone will say it's only because of the missing Arsenal players, but whatever. I just want the three points and some confidence in our team.
A depleted Arsenal side would kick the crap out of Charlton (quite literally). The loss of Didi seems to be the key to the consistency problem,as was shown all too well last year during our infamous run. He gives Stevie G the confidence to go forward at will, and do what he does best. Why did the frenchman not buy a suitable backup?
If we all cant agree that Arsenal not being able to use Vieria, Bergkamp, and possibly Campbell is a good thing, then the whole world has gone mad. These are some of the top players in the world mind you, and I feel alot more comfortable about this game now, even with all of our injuries. Because lets face it, we have lost some great players for a while due to injury. Every game should be played like its a must win situation, but this one really might be, this might be a very important three points.
Viera is a huge loss for Arsenal. Besides Henry, he is their next most important player. I expect that Campbell will play. He has already missed two games, and he will probably be back in the lineup. Arsenal's first 11 may be the best in the Premiership, but their weakness is that they have no depth. We should be able to take advantage of their depleted side. I would expect Gerrard to have a big game and control the middle with Viera missing. We are going to have to score 2 or 3 goals to get something out of this match. After the way the defense played against Charlton, I would be suprised if they keep a clean sheet against Arsenal. I think Liverpool will be succesful going down the right side with Diouf attacking Ashley Cole. Cole has been crap lately, and Diouf can tear him to shreads.
Arf ... care to tell me their combined points total from Anfield in the 11 seasons of Premiership encounters?
maybe not 7.. but 5~ and paddy vieira is prolly the most important player in the team so his loss is massive... be warned boys, if we grab one early, then it could be curtains.. oh to not hear "we will neva walk blah blha blah blah" shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can i 'ave my hubcaps back? cheers phishy~
Phishy - bring a collection bucket up tomorrow and I'll give you a few coppers for your new stadium...
Wouldnt suprise me one bit, we play wolves in a few weeks and Liverpool seem to have a habit of losing to the pre season relegation favourites... Barnsley Bradford a few yrs back stopping us qualifying for champ league Birmingham last year Wolves this year ... ? Wolves_67 could come back to haunt us :/
We also lost to Watford that season. And let's not forget that we were the last victory for Sunderland in the EPL last year - way back in mid-December...
jeeze Ive been spending 12+ hours a day at school for this week, waking up at 6, driving through the hell that is SoCal traffic, going to shatty classes, getting home at like 8 pm... Im only asking for a win, Liverpool. Make this week of hell end on a good note!!! Waking up at 430 tomorrow morning after this week to see a soccer match is only worth it if we get 3 points. If we lose, I might have to break the tv.
1 Jerzy Dudek 4 Sami Hyypia 25 Igor Biscan 15 Salif Alassane Diao 3 Steve Finnan 17 Steven Gerrard 7 Harry Kewell 18 John Arne Riise 11 Vladimir Smicer 9 El Hadji Diouf 10 Michael Owen
Jens Lehmann 1 Sol Campbell 23 Ashley Cole 3 Edu 17 Bisan Lauren 12 Ray Parlour 15 Robert Pires 7 Gilberto Silva 19 Kolo Toure 28 Jeremie Aliadiere 30 Thierry Henry 14